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r r tk r.w'ilhllwif tiimmniiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimf timrallili>npjfl |!| the weather m tp'j Chicago and vlclnlty partlyp f i'j cloudy with probably a local shower -â„¢\ vm and cooler thursday friday gener ]/ : 3 v a ally fair and cool light to moderate uiii 2w northerly winds tlflf vol vhi.f no 206 a m Chicago examiner thursday Chicago august 18 1910 14 pages thursday registered in o s l'attnt office ll exceptional bargains m f are offered dally in the musical in iw f ) vs struments columns of the examiner f a vm i you wls h to set a new or second t ,\ v^s hand piano at a very moderate prico j 4 m read tde coant m â‚¬ pricf onf cfnt delivered by carrier coal trust sued as unabated monopoly fifteen roads accused of breaking sherman law and ignoring u s warning fuel destroyed is claim complainant alleges collusion to drive competitors into line by threats washington an 17 1n spite of the btern warning of the interstate commerce commission to the barons of the anthracite coal tr.jst in the notion inaugurated ag.-ilnst that greedy monopoly 1 y william randolph hearst and in spite of the fact that the government has brought suit in the united kates supreme court based upon the evl enoe developed by mr hearst to dissolve that rapacious trust it appears that its vl practices have been continued un abated in a new guise sensational charges were preferred to day by william p borland of the marion coal company of scranton pa against fifteen tallroads and the temple iron compaiy that constitute the anthracite coal trust chief among the railroads involved in the charges are the lacka wanna the long island ontario & western new york new haven & hartford erie erie & wyoming new york susquehanna & west ern wilkesliarre & eastern lehigh valley pennsylvania baltimore & washington philadelphia & reading and the atlantic coast line borland declares that these roads have entered into an agreement in violation of the sherman anti-trust law for the re straint of trade and the monopoly of a commodity of common necessity accuses road of violations specific charges are lodged against the laek.iwanna railroad that company is accused of failing to furnish cars to the marion coal company for the transporta tion of coal and also tu.it the railroad has j refused to fix rates which constitues a ' violation of the railroad rate law the | temple iron company the backbone of the coal trust of which divine right baer is president is charged directly with restraining interstate commerce even more serious charges than those alleging violation of the sherman law are made by mr borland he accuses the trust of a crime against property in its desperate determination to hold fast to its monopoly of the anthracite trade he asserts that an immense coal pile owned by the marion company and located on land owned by the lackawanna railroad was mysteriously set afire and that 75,000 tons of coal were destroyed it is charged that the lackawanna rur nlshed other coal operators with rates upou demand for the shipment of coal trom the anthracite field but that this was re fused to the marion company because the lackawanna company is financially inter ested in the trust which is attempting to force the marion company to turn over the operation of its coal rielils to the trust rebate-giving charged the complaint further charges that cer tain operators who accepted rates from tie delaware lackawanna & western rail road were given rebates and that the officials of the road charged the marlon coal company go per cent for the switch ing ofr cars used in handling the com pany's eoal because of the refusals the railroad to furnish the company rates and cars it s eharged that the interests represented by mr borland were compelled to sell their holdings at a great loss three bidders offered certain amounts for the holdings of the company and later the complainant declares the lacka wanua offered an amount which was 10 000 under the lowest of the other three bids made the offer of the railroad was rejected then according to borland's sworn statement the railroad after secnr lng the names of the other bidders went to them and threatened them wins liner in death race woman i,eft o^n n v pier catches lusltania on tug new york aug 17 mrs plunkart of cleveland 0 notified by cablegram mon day of the dangerous illness of her mother in scotland missed the gang plank of the lusitania this morning by a margin of seconds she implored the ship's officers to let down a plank for her but obeying an inflexible order they were compelled to refuse then mrs plunkart appealed to captain roberts the pier superintend ent who hailed the tug john d nichols which mrs plunkart boarded as the cunarder was turning out from the pier the tug drew alongside and a lower hatch was opened to admit the distraught wom ec tl.cn the lusitania sprinted down the tiver evelyn booth coming l s salvationist commander plans special lamiiaign for Chicago rveiyd booth daughter of general oth and commander of the american department of the salvation army with headquarters in n^^^ork will open ji t.;.e<-!nl campaign in^^k-ago and th west tl,l kill her i>?^r sermon iv :,â– lfllvfr<-ij in ntadel^hl on west madi iÂ«4 i.ml a m^Â»dle of optober frick buys rembrandt's cavalier for 300,000 steel magnate will add masterpiece to private collection paris agog special cable to the examiner paris aug it.-henry c frick the american multi-millionaire and steel king of pittsburg has just purchased rem brandt's celebrated portrait a polish cavalier for soo,ooo the price one that has set i.rt-loving paris agog with gossip is a record one for a rembrandt mr frick is an art lover and is the possessor of one of the finest private collections of the old masters in america he has long been anxious to buy the cavalier to add to the collection in his pittsburg mansion negotiations for the purchase of the por trait were opened some time ago and once mr frick and his art agents were con vinced that it was possible to get it the millionaire let it be known that he would not let the price stand in his way i am glad that this particular rem brandt is coming to america said w m r french director of the art institute of Chicago last evening it has always been considered one of the greatest paintings of this great painter critics for centuries have had only words of praise for it mr frick is to be congratulated on securing a masterpiece i understood several weeks ago that a wealthy american was trying to buy the portrait but did not know his identity it will be a distinct addition to american art galleries 70,000 for patten seat plnngrer disposes of uiuht to trade on xew york exchange new york aug 17 the new york stock exchange membership of james a patten the Chicago speculator who is one of the men recently indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the alleged pool in may cotton which he is said to have engineered was sold to-day for 70 000 the name of the purchaser was not innde public mr patten is now on his way back from europe where he went several weeks ago for a rest and is ex pected to arrive here to-morrow on the steamship adriatic before sailing mr patten left word with his brokers j s bache & co to sell his stock exchange seat if a fair offer was received the opportunity presented itself to-day and mr i'atten was communicated with by wire less he bought the seat on april 4 1809 when they were selling around 54 i<'oo so that by selling it for 70,000 he has made a handsome profit he had al | ready disposed of his membership on the Chicago board of trade governor fights editor nevada executive angered by a story invades newspaper office carson city nev aug 17.â€”gover nor dickerson of nevada was last night one of the principals in a rough and tumble fight which took place in the edi torial rooms of the carson city news the governor incensed at a story about the selection of a new prison site visited the offices of the news which is editod by george a montrose and demanded to know if montrose had written the article the governor is reported to have grazed the editor's cheek montrose according to spectators then grappled with the gov ernor and catching him by the throat forced him backward at the same time delivering a number of stiff body blows friends then separated the belligerents montrose ordered the governor to leave his office and upon the intter's refusal to do so called upon the police the governor left however before their ar rival ida von claussen sues gets summon for utifyer she ae enses of spending o,<>oo new york aug 17 mrs ida m von claussen who has been before the public through the courts frequently since united states minister graves declined to present her to the king of sweden applied to magistrate harris to-day for a summons for lawyer jordan j boiling who she avers will not give au accounting for nearly 50,000 of the estate of her grand father matthew byrnes which she says he has spent during the last ten years the court made summons returnable fri day mrs von claussen was attired in n long lavender cloak a big picture hat and a lace gown she had a white pomeranian dog concealed beneath the cloak while she was talking to the magistrate beasts in circus escape elephant and snakes released in train wreck terrorize babcock wis aug 17 when the campbell brothers circus train was wrecked here yesterday two elephants es caped into the northern woods and caused great alarm among settlers two monster si.akes also escaped and created terror the elephants so frightened a horse driven by l d perry state high school inspec tor that he was thrown out badly bruised and forced to walk ten miles to the near est settlement the snakes caused alarm among a party of lumberjacks who marched to town to take the pledge the elephants were captured and two which were tmdly hurt were kilhd the snakes are still at large 2 torpedo boats sunk cram of german vessels saved alter kiel collision special cable to the examiner kikl germany aug 17 the german torpedo boat s-76 iu a collision last night >Â» kiel bay rimmed the torpedo boht s-3i both torpedu boosts sunk the crews were saved girl tourist shams as jenise weallson mystery in voyager pos ing as Chicago young woman who is at home practical joke denied miss weallson declares she gave mysterious traveler no right to impersonate mystery attaches to the beautiful young woman who sailed lor europe on the lu sitania yesterday from new york and who represented herself to be miss jenise weallson of Chicago there were murmurs of admiration yes terday morning on the cunard line pier in new york where a large crowd had gath ered to see the ocean greyhound start on the journey when an attractive and stun ningly gowned young woman apparently unchaperoned tripped lightly up the gang plank she wore a hobble skirt of the latest fashion a flower-pot hat that was a won der of the milliner's art and a large bunch of orchids at her waist there was a wealth of chestnut hair peeping coyly out of the flower-pot hat there were big in nocent baby-blue eyes shaded by the long est of eyelashes beneath that hat too ana there were bewitching dimples in the young woman's cheeks i am miss jenise weallson of Chicago this mysterious young woman said and i am on my way to london to visit my sis ter mrs maurice huet denies she has sailed miss jenise weallson lives at 62s oak wood boulevard miss weallson last night indignantly denied that she had sailed for europe in the morning i am still in Chicago she said with a smile i have no idea who the young woman that seemed to attract so much at tention in new york may be certainly she is not miss jenise weallson of chi cago i have a sister mrs maurice huet who lives in london i frequently visit her in fact all my life i have been something of a globe trotter i call Chicago my home but i live in paris in london in berlin in vienna anywhere a great part of the time i have no friend who might have used my name i have.no other sister i did not engage passage on the lusitania for yester day i do not intend going to europe for some little time the whole thing is a mystery to me then you can offer no explanation as to why this beautiful young woman should have given your name should have been listed on the ship's books under your name and should have known that you had a sister mrs huet â€” not a common name by any means â€” living n london not a word of explanation can 1 give was the answer you know just as much iiikhit this as i do it is all very strange very strange miss weallson is interviewed miss weallson was interviewed before she ielt new york her striking appear ance caused report ers who were at the pier to seek her out and ask her a feÂ»v qustions in dispatches from new york the mysterious young woman is described as a beautiful specimen of american womanhood she intimated to the inqurr ing newspaper men that the great buncl of orchids at her waist was the gift of a very dear friend but would not say whether or not that very dear friend might be regarded in the light of a pos sible suitor she hinted slyly that her heart would remain in america and foreign dukes and earls and counts had no charm for her the question still remains unanswered who is the mysterious young womauv knoxes in family party reconciliation to son's youiik bride appear complete belgrade lake me aug 17 t0 all appearances philander c knox jr and his bride have received the parental messing from the young man's father sec retary of state knox the family is stop ping nt the belgrade hotel registered ay p c knox and family pittsburg they motored over from poland springs and tip and his father appear to be on the best of terms secretary knox is also ex tremely considerate for the welfare or t â– â– younger mrs knox his son's bride of a few months to whom he at oue time r fused admittance to his home wordem fights love suit chlcasro capitalist denies stealing affections of mrs c !:. ware topeka kas aug 17 g g wordem the Chicago capitalist who was in.itlc .'â€¢:â– â– fendant in a jo,oot suit for damages brought by claude e ware of topeka for alienating the affections of ware's wife has filed counter charges in the jjist ii't court wordem says he never stole mrs ware away from her husband kurriicr more he claims that ware abused and struck mrs ware 500 paid for'graustark price george barr mccutcheon re ceived revealed in court minneapolis minn aug 17 george barr mccutcheon the Chicago author got only 500 for the copyright of grati stark the book which is supposed to have made 200,000 for the publishers this fact was brought out in minneapolis to-day through a deposition read in dis trict court in a suit over royalties from the dramatized version ms anthony j drexel mrs drexel kisses son before flights philadelphia society leader worried at aviation craze of world-high record breaker special cable to the examiner london ang 17 mrs anthony j drexel is considerably disturbed over the aviation craze manifested by her son j armstrong drexel now her only unmar ried child who broke the world's record for high flight at lanark scotland a few days ago by attaining an altitude of 6,750 feet the young philadelphian has bought an aeroplane and is constantly risking his neck as his mother puts it in practice flights entreating him to be less reck tess she kisses him anxiously before every flight his skill and daring have placed drexel among the foremost of aviators in i england mrs drexel who perhaps is the best known philadelphia woman in the world spends most of her time on her estate in england two of her children were mar ried this year her daughter margaretta to the viscount waidstone and her son an thony j drexel jr to miss marjorie gould syear-old boy drowns clasps hands in glee at waves and falls from abandoned pier as he clapped his hands in glee at the big waves that rolled toward shore and lashed the abandoned pier on which ho was standing john driscoll five years old fell into lake michigan at the foot ot forty-sixth street last evening and was drowned the boy's father michael r driscoll 4525 woodlawn avenue chief ot the fourteenth fire battalion was search ing for his son at the time and arrived on the scene a few minutes afterpolieemaii stephen mullen of the hyde park p â€¢ had recovered the body the boy an hour before went to the lake with his brother leo seven years old to watch the waves du pont ill.goes abroad operation on powder king will be performed in paris new york aug 17 among the nota bles sailing on the lusitania to-day was col e m dupont head of the powder trust who is going abroad to have au operation performed the nature of the ailment could not be learned it won't be much of a vacation for me declared the colonel however i'll have to make the best of it it was said the operation to be per formed will probably take place in one of the hospitals of paris the powder trust head said that after the operation provid ing it proves successful he would spend several months abroad recuperating mrs astor sees tennis divorcee welcomed by the newport cottage settlement newport aug 17 mrs ava willing astor reappeared in newport society this morning during the tennis tournament at the casino she wore a marvelous white lingerie gown immense black french pic ture hat a rope of pearls and a large bunch of gardenias mrs astor was greeted affectionately by the cottage settlement as she took her seat in the grand stand it seemed as if every one turned to have a look at the di vorcee with sfi.i.oim.ooo chicagoans are stung onting party severely injured by hornets in colorado colorado springs colo aug 17 a party of chicagoans who are spending the summer here stirred up a hornets nest in the mountains to-day and were so seri oosly stung that medical attention was necessary those injured were misses catherine stella and hanna williams and mrs phillip neamau and her two-year-old son 5,000 of opium seized vancouver aug 17 a shipment of 5,000 worth of opium consigned to some vaurouver firm at present unknown was seized to-day the shipment was sent frpn hong kong as chinese chestnuts st peter's split us rectdr griffin quits pastor acquitted of boys charges in 1908 leaves fashionable church assistants also resign millionaire bryson and others of congregation threaten to withdraw the rev alfred w griffin rector of fashionable st peter's episcopal church evanston and belmont avenues against whom charges of misconduct were made in 19os hns resigned his rectorship the resignation of the pastor has re opened all of the old trouble of the church trouble that came near splitting the church at the time of the accusations against the rector the rev hnrold sneidwind the curate and close friend of the rev mr griffin mailed his resignation almost at the same time that the rector's was received by the vestry lyndon evans for twelve years clerk of the vestry has resigned and has with drawn from the church william j bryson indignant william j eryson millionaire merchant senior warden of the church and stanch defender of the pastor in the latter's time of trouble feels very much aggrieved at the resignation of the rev mr griffin and threatens to withdraw his support from the church mrs adolphine anderson the assistant choir mother another of the rev mr griffin's defenders threatens to re resign the church is in a turmoil the rev mr griffith was acquitted by an ecclesiastical court of the charges made against him by the choir boys his case unlike that of the rev j maurice kemp of st chrysostom's episcopal church against whom charges were made by the boys of his choir about the same time that trouble in st peter's broke did not reach the criminal or the civil courts the congregation of st peter's however was divided on the question of the guilt or the innocence of the accused rector some of his parishioners did not take the verdict of the ecclesiastical court as a complete vindication others did and there has been trouble in the church for almost two years rector given long vacation the rev mr griffin after his acquittal by the ecclesiastical court was giveu a va cation of indefinite length he went to eng land for a visit about a week ago the pastor suddenly appeared in cbiraigo and there ivere rumors that he was to resume his charge of the spiritual affairs of st peter's the rev mr griffin remained in chi cago only two days to those of his parishioners he met he was uncommuni cative about his future plans he went back to new york and then mailed his formal resignation to his vestry the resignation was read in church last sun day with the resignation of the rev mr griffin was read also the resignation of the rev harold sneidwind the curate the rev mr griffin gave ill health as a reason for severing all connection with the church in which he had labored for five years he said in his formal letter that he wished the resignation to take effect july 30 several days before the let ter of resignation was received the re quest is still unacted upon and before it is decided whether or not to accept it there will r oe a renewal of the old griffin fight in st peter's miss bryson gets his clothes immediately upon hearing the resigna tion read miss edna bryson daughter of wiiliam j bryson sent for the rector's clothes and personal effects that had re mained in the parish house 30 > 0 sheridan road during his long absence in europe and ordered them taken to her home it is no one's business why i sent for mr griffin's effects miss brysou said last evening he resigned on account of il health and that is all there is to be said on the matter st peter's vestry consists of mr bry son who is out of the city william s warren albert h thompson fred w cornish e h white and johnson li bowman none of the vestrymen would discuss the trouble in the church last night the uev lewis r levering former chaplain of the shattuck school for boys in minnesota is in charge of the church now the rev mr griffin for twenty-one years before coming to Chicago was the vicar of holy trinity church in new york arrests near in i c case information declared to have been drawn up lÂ»y prosecutor warrants for prominent railroad men said to be involved in the 5,000,000 illi nois central repair shop scandal will lie issued monday according to john a barnes assistant state's attorney in charge of the prosecution informations against over twenty persons are alleged to have been drawn up by attorneys harnes walter l fisher and murry nol son jr and these will be sworn to before a municipal court judge the first of next week barefoot dance is rage society women besiege countess to give them lessons xewtort r 1 aug iv the coun tess de swirsky who came here to present her famous uusso dance in bare feet has taken newport society by storm the result is that society women have already started laking lessons from her it is ex pected that before tue season closes snores of society women will lie doing tht 1 hate foot dance a feature of the dinner dance ot mrs james b haggin f new yc ri to-morrow night will be the dancing of countess de swirsuy browne venire discharged in body relatives of 50 visited and tampering is charged stares amazed when practically entire number admit investigators saw families scandalous says judge â€” â€” aan after man is turned away at tempt at fixing is alleged rhere was a veritable parade of nearly the whole panel when judge kersten directed the venire men summoned for the trial of lee o'neil browne to come forward if their families had een approacned by any one since they received their ummons for jury service sixty-nine men composed the sixth special panel hich appeared in court for the first time yesterday when the judge gave his order for the veniremen whose amilies had been visited to gather at his desk there as a load shuffling of feet among the jurymen and ully fifty of them rose and walked forward the court has the judge stared at the assemblage before him al any talesman been mo g t j n consternation then he began to question approachedt them several times when they told of what had taken place at their homes the judge used such expressions as scandalous relatives of veniremen questioned j tutener of 4533 magnolia avenue was the first man questioned by the judge tutener said two men had gone to his home monday and asked his wife if he belonged to any reform societies or lodges walter e kline of 2152 columbus street said two men visited his father and asked similar questions about him tuesday similar statements were made by hubert a j sist of 4828 langley avenue walter 0 klein of 5813 wabash avenue and charles h peters of 3926 north hermitage avenue the judge questioned the veniremen rapidly william g kohl of 5531 south ada street said an investigator had called on his mother and m j green of 6239 honore street said an investigator had called on his son albert w kreats said that two men called to see him personally at his home 2706 south forty-first court tuesday night judge kersten shook his head and dismissed kreats with a wave of the hand the veniremen previously questioned were relieved from duty so were c m larkin of 906 southport avenue w h hoyt of 7206 ellis avenue henry g bresch of 3352 north halsted street charles m bliss of 4507 south california avenue fred w baker of 116 dearborn street j h luasea of 7137 south halsted street j schwartz and many others all be cause their families had been visited and questioned by strangers attempt at fixing charged an account was given judge kersten of an attempt to fix a venire man named terry who lives in glencoe s &'. gees a former deputy sheriff said he had been approached by a short stout man with that intention a clerk named scott employed in terry's real estate office said he had ordered the short stout man out of the office this is scandalous said judge kersten there are now seven jurors who have been accepted and sworn after judge kersten had sent home all those whose families had been visited he called the attorneys for both sides into his chambers and ex acted pledges that neither side would investigate any more veniremen the work of selecting a jury then went on only those who had nothing to , tell of mysterious visits to their homes being questioned another panel of 100 has been summoned for to-day browne was not admitted to the conference in the judge's chambers and caused some comment by sending for p h o'donnell one of his at torneys when the lawyer came out of the judge's office he and browne held a brief whispered consultation and then he returned neither would say why browne called for the lawyer juror karl byrnes 323 west sixty-first street was excused yesterday on account of the death of his mother which occurred tuesday night his mother died at the county hospital and when word reached the son who had been accepted as a juror that she was abo'ht to die he was taken to the hospital by a bailiff seven jurors accepted and sworn attorneys for both sides said they would be unwilling to accept him even though he attended the funeral accompanied by a bailiff so he was excused when court adjourned at 3:45 o'clock the seven jurors who had been accepted and sworn were arthur j shallbetter forty years old 3314 west ohio street a rail road engineer john j lyng thirty years old 341c north irving avenue a street car conductor thomas j hanion forty-five years old 6534 stew art avenue sales manager for a button company alexander d skinner forty years old 553 east thirty-seventh street an insurance man grant mccutcheon thirty-eight years old 4479 lawrence avenue an adams ex press company employe owen 1 willrams thirty-five years old 7230 south may street employed by the hammond packing company and otto roehm twenty-five years old 64 west ohio street a stenographer several prospective jurors were dismissed yesterday because they said they had formed opinions about the case a few peremptory chal lenges were also used by the state each side has twenty such challenges three venirement were disujialifled because they were unable to meet the educational tests i <Â§â– â– jmp â– . â€” . â€” 1 ',- â– â€¢-.*.-*/<-..

r r tk r.w'ilhllwif tiimmniiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimf timrallili>npjfl |!| the weather m tp'j Chicago and vlclnlty partlyp f i'j cloudy with probably a local shower -â„¢\ vm and cooler thursday friday gener ]/ : 3 v a ally fair and cool light to moderate uiii 2w northerly winds tlflf vol vhi.f no 206 a m Chicago examiner thursday Chicago august 18 1910 14 pages thursday registered in o s l'attnt office ll exceptional bargains m f are offered dally in the musical in iw f ) vs struments columns of the examiner f a vm i you wls h to set a new or second t ,\ v^s hand piano at a very moderate prico j 4 m read tde coant m â‚¬ pricf onf cfnt delivered by carrier coal trust sued as unabated monopoly fifteen roads accused of breaking sherman law and ignoring u s warning fuel destroyed is claim complainant alleges collusion to drive competitors into line by threats washington an 17 1n spite of the btern warning of the interstate commerce commission to the barons of the anthracite coal tr.jst in the notion inaugurated ag.-ilnst that greedy monopoly 1 y william randolph hearst and in spite of the fact that the government has brought suit in the united kates supreme court based upon the evl enoe developed by mr hearst to dissolve that rapacious trust it appears that its vl practices have been continued un abated in a new guise sensational charges were preferred to day by william p borland of the marion coal company of scranton pa against fifteen tallroads and the temple iron compaiy that constitute the anthracite coal trust chief among the railroads involved in the charges are the lacka wanna the long island ontario & western new york new haven & hartford erie erie & wyoming new york susquehanna & west ern wilkesliarre & eastern lehigh valley pennsylvania baltimore & washington philadelphia & reading and the atlantic coast line borland declares that these roads have entered into an agreement in violation of the sherman anti-trust law for the re straint of trade and the monopoly of a commodity of common necessity accuses road of violations specific charges are lodged against the laek.iwanna railroad that company is accused of failing to furnish cars to the marion coal company for the transporta tion of coal and also tu.it the railroad has j refused to fix rates which constitues a ' violation of the railroad rate law the | temple iron company the backbone of the coal trust of which divine right baer is president is charged directly with restraining interstate commerce even more serious charges than those alleging violation of the sherman law are made by mr borland he accuses the trust of a crime against property in its desperate determination to hold fast to its monopoly of the anthracite trade he asserts that an immense coal pile owned by the marion company and located on land owned by the lackawanna railroad was mysteriously set afire and that 75,000 tons of coal were destroyed it is charged that the lackawanna rur nlshed other coal operators with rates upou demand for the shipment of coal trom the anthracite field but that this was re fused to the marion company because the lackawanna company is financially inter ested in the trust which is attempting to force the marion company to turn over the operation of its coal rielils to the trust rebate-giving charged the complaint further charges that cer tain operators who accepted rates from tie delaware lackawanna & western rail road were given rebates and that the officials of the road charged the marlon coal company go per cent for the switch ing ofr cars used in handling the com pany's eoal because of the refusals the railroad to furnish the company rates and cars it s eharged that the interests represented by mr borland were compelled to sell their holdings at a great loss three bidders offered certain amounts for the holdings of the company and later the complainant declares the lacka wanua offered an amount which was 10 000 under the lowest of the other three bids made the offer of the railroad was rejected then according to borland's sworn statement the railroad after secnr lng the names of the other bidders went to them and threatened them wins liner in death race woman i,eft o^n n v pier catches lusltania on tug new york aug 17 mrs plunkart of cleveland 0 notified by cablegram mon day of the dangerous illness of her mother in scotland missed the gang plank of the lusitania this morning by a margin of seconds she implored the ship's officers to let down a plank for her but obeying an inflexible order they were compelled to refuse then mrs plunkart appealed to captain roberts the pier superintend ent who hailed the tug john d nichols which mrs plunkart boarded as the cunarder was turning out from the pier the tug drew alongside and a lower hatch was opened to admit the distraught wom ec tl.cn the lusitania sprinted down the tiver evelyn booth coming l s salvationist commander plans special lamiiaign for Chicago rveiyd booth daughter of general oth and commander of the american department of the salvation army with headquarters in n^^^ork will open ji t.;.e?^r sermon iv :,â– lfllvfroo new york aug 17 mrs ida m von claussen who has been before the public through the courts frequently since united states minister graves declined to present her to the king of sweden applied to magistrate harris to-day for a summons for lawyer jordan j boiling who she avers will not give au accounting for nearly 50,000 of the estate of her grand father matthew byrnes which she says he has spent during the last ten years the court made summons returnable fri day mrs von claussen was attired in n long lavender cloak a big picture hat and a lace gown she had a white pomeranian dog concealed beneath the cloak while she was talking to the magistrate beasts in circus escape elephant and snakes released in train wreck terrorize babcock wis aug 17 when the campbell brothers circus train was wrecked here yesterday two elephants es caped into the northern woods and caused great alarm among settlers two monster si.akes also escaped and created terror the elephants so frightened a horse driven by l d perry state high school inspec tor that he was thrown out badly bruised and forced to walk ten miles to the near est settlement the snakes caused alarm among a party of lumberjacks who marched to town to take the pledge the elephants were captured and two which were tmdly hurt were kilhd the snakes are still at large 2 torpedo boats sunk cram of german vessels saved alter kiel collision special cable to the examiner kikl germany aug 17 the german torpedo boat s-76 iu a collision last night >Â» kiel bay rimmed the torpedo boht s-3i both torpedu boosts sunk the crews were saved girl tourist shams as jenise weallson mystery in voyager pos ing as Chicago young woman who is at home practical joke denied miss weallson declares she gave mysterious traveler no right to impersonate mystery attaches to the beautiful young woman who sailed lor europe on the lu sitania yesterday from new york and who represented herself to be miss jenise weallson of Chicago there were murmurs of admiration yes terday morning on the cunard line pier in new york where a large crowd had gath ered to see the ocean greyhound start on the journey when an attractive and stun ningly gowned young woman apparently unchaperoned tripped lightly up the gang plank she wore a hobble skirt of the latest fashion a flower-pot hat that was a won der of the milliner's art and a large bunch of orchids at her waist there was a wealth of chestnut hair peeping coyly out of the flower-pot hat there were big in nocent baby-blue eyes shaded by the long est of eyelashes beneath that hat too ana there were bewitching dimples in the young woman's cheeks i am miss jenise weallson of Chicago this mysterious young woman said and i am on my way to london to visit my sis ter mrs maurice huet denies she has sailed miss jenise weallson lives at 62s oak wood boulevard miss weallson last night indignantly denied that she had sailed for europe in the morning i am still in Chicago she said with a smile i have no idea who the young woman that seemed to attract so much at tention in new york may be certainly she is not miss jenise weallson of chi cago i have a sister mrs maurice huet who lives in london i frequently visit her in fact all my life i have been something of a globe trotter i call Chicago my home but i live in paris in london in berlin in vienna anywhere a great part of the time i have no friend who might have used my name i have.no other sister i did not engage passage on the lusitania for yester day i do not intend going to europe for some little time the whole thing is a mystery to me then you can offer no explanation as to why this beautiful young woman should have given your name should have been listed on the ship's books under your name and should have known that you had a sister mrs huet â€” not a common name by any means â€” living n london not a word of explanation can 1 give was the answer you know just as much iiikhit this as i do it is all very strange very strange miss weallson is interviewed miss weallson was interviewed before she ielt new york her striking appear ance caused report ers who were at the pier to seek her out and ask her a feÂ»v qustions in dispatches from new york the mysterious young woman is described as a beautiful specimen of american womanhood she intimated to the inqurr ing newspaper men that the great buncl of orchids at her waist was the gift of a very dear friend but would not say whether or not that very dear friend might be regarded in the light of a pos sible suitor she hinted slyly that her heart would remain in america and foreign dukes and earls and counts had no charm for her the question still remains unanswered who is the mysterious young womauv knoxes in family party reconciliation to son's youiik bride appear complete belgrade lake me aug 17 t0 all appearances philander c knox jr and his bride have received the parental messing from the young man's father sec retary of state knox the family is stop ping nt the belgrade hotel registered ay p c knox and family pittsburg they motored over from poland springs and tip and his father appear to be on the best of terms secretary knox is also ex tremely considerate for the welfare or t â– â– younger mrs knox his son's bride of a few months to whom he at oue time r fused admittance to his home wordem fights love suit chlcasro capitalist denies stealing affections of mrs c !:. ware topeka kas aug 17 g g wordem the Chicago capitalist who was in.itlc .'â€¢:â– â– fendant in a jo,oot suit for damages brought by claude e ware of topeka for alienating the affections of ware's wife has filed counter charges in the jjist ii't court wordem says he never stole mrs ware away from her husband kurriicr more he claims that ware abused and struck mrs ware 500 paid for'graustark price george barr mccutcheon re ceived revealed in court minneapolis minn aug 17 george barr mccutcheon the Chicago author got only 500 for the copyright of grati stark the book which is supposed to have made 200,000 for the publishers this fact was brought out in minneapolis to-day through a deposition read in dis trict court in a suit over royalties from the dramatized version ms anthony j drexel mrs drexel kisses son before flights philadelphia society leader worried at aviation craze of world-high record breaker special cable to the examiner london ang 17 mrs anthony j drexel is considerably disturbed over the aviation craze manifested by her son j armstrong drexel now her only unmar ried child who broke the world's record for high flight at lanark scotland a few days ago by attaining an altitude of 6,750 feet the young philadelphian has bought an aeroplane and is constantly risking his neck as his mother puts it in practice flights entreating him to be less reck tess she kisses him anxiously before every flight his skill and daring have placed drexel among the foremost of aviators in i england mrs drexel who perhaps is the best known philadelphia woman in the world spends most of her time on her estate in england two of her children were mar ried this year her daughter margaretta to the viscount waidstone and her son an thony j drexel jr to miss marjorie gould syear-old boy drowns clasps hands in glee at waves and falls from abandoned pier as he clapped his hands in glee at the big waves that rolled toward shore and lashed the abandoned pier on which ho was standing john driscoll five years old fell into lake michigan at the foot ot forty-sixth street last evening and was drowned the boy's father michael r driscoll 4525 woodlawn avenue chief ot the fourteenth fire battalion was search ing for his son at the time and arrived on the scene a few minutes afterpolieemaii stephen mullen of the hyde park p â€¢ had recovered the body the boy an hour before went to the lake with his brother leo seven years old to watch the waves du pont ill.goes abroad operation on powder king will be performed in paris new york aug 17 among the nota bles sailing on the lusitania to-day was col e m dupont head of the powder trust who is going abroad to have au operation performed the nature of the ailment could not be learned it won't be much of a vacation for me declared the colonel however i'll have to make the best of it it was said the operation to be per formed will probably take place in one of the hospitals of paris the powder trust head said that after the operation provid ing it proves successful he would spend several months abroad recuperating mrs astor sees tennis divorcee welcomed by the newport cottage settlement newport aug 17 mrs ava willing astor reappeared in newport society this morning during the tennis tournament at the casino she wore a marvelous white lingerie gown immense black french pic ture hat a rope of pearls and a large bunch of gardenias mrs astor was greeted affectionately by the cottage settlement as she took her seat in the grand stand it seemed as if every one turned to have a look at the di vorcee with sfi.i.oim.ooo chicagoans are stung onting party severely injured by hornets in colorado colorado springs colo aug 17 a party of chicagoans who are spending the summer here stirred up a hornets nest in the mountains to-day and were so seri oosly stung that medical attention was necessary those injured were misses catherine stella and hanna williams and mrs phillip neamau and her two-year-old son 5,000 of opium seized vancouver aug 17 a shipment of 5,000 worth of opium consigned to some vaurouver firm at present unknown was seized to-day the shipment was sent frpn hong kong as chinese chestnuts st peter's split us rectdr griffin quits pastor acquitted of boys charges in 1908 leaves fashionable church assistants also resign millionaire bryson and others of congregation threaten to withdraw the rev alfred w griffin rector of fashionable st peter's episcopal church evanston and belmont avenues against whom charges of misconduct were made in 19os hns resigned his rectorship the resignation of the pastor has re opened all of the old trouble of the church trouble that came near splitting the church at the time of the accusations against the rector the rev hnrold sneidwind the curate and close friend of the rev mr griffin mailed his resignation almost at the same time that the rector's was received by the vestry lyndon evans for twelve years clerk of the vestry has resigned and has with drawn from the church william j bryson indignant william j eryson millionaire merchant senior warden of the church and stanch defender of the pastor in the latter's time of trouble feels very much aggrieved at the resignation of the rev mr griffin and threatens to withdraw his support from the church mrs adolphine anderson the assistant choir mother another of the rev mr griffin's defenders threatens to re resign the church is in a turmoil the rev mr griffith was acquitted by an ecclesiastical court of the charges made against him by the choir boys his case unlike that of the rev j maurice kemp of st chrysostom's episcopal church against whom charges were made by the boys of his choir about the same time that trouble in st peter's broke did not reach the criminal or the civil courts the congregation of st peter's however was divided on the question of the guilt or the innocence of the accused rector some of his parishioners did not take the verdict of the ecclesiastical court as a complete vindication others did and there has been trouble in the church for almost two years rector given long vacation the rev mr griffin after his acquittal by the ecclesiastical court was giveu a va cation of indefinite length he went to eng land for a visit about a week ago the pastor suddenly appeared in cbiraigo and there ivere rumors that he was to resume his charge of the spiritual affairs of st peter's the rev mr griffin remained in chi cago only two days to those of his parishioners he met he was uncommuni cative about his future plans he went back to new york and then mailed his formal resignation to his vestry the resignation was read in church last sun day with the resignation of the rev mr griffin was read also the resignation of the rev harold sneidwind the curate the rev mr griffin gave ill health as a reason for severing all connection with the church in which he had labored for five years he said in his formal letter that he wished the resignation to take effect july 30 several days before the let ter of resignation was received the re quest is still unacted upon and before it is decided whether or not to accept it there will r oe a renewal of the old griffin fight in st peter's miss bryson gets his clothes immediately upon hearing the resigna tion read miss edna bryson daughter of wiiliam j bryson sent for the rector's clothes and personal effects that had re mained in the parish house 30 > 0 sheridan road during his long absence in europe and ordered them taken to her home it is no one's business why i sent for mr griffin's effects miss brysou said last evening he resigned on account of il health and that is all there is to be said on the matter st peter's vestry consists of mr bry son who is out of the city william s warren albert h thompson fred w cornish e h white and johnson li bowman none of the vestrymen would discuss the trouble in the church last night the uev lewis r levering former chaplain of the shattuck school for boys in minnesota is in charge of the church now the rev mr griffin for twenty-one years before coming to Chicago was the vicar of holy trinity church in new york arrests near in i c case information declared to have been drawn up lÂ»y prosecutor warrants for prominent railroad men said to be involved in the 5,000,000 illi nois central repair shop scandal will lie issued monday according to john a barnes assistant state's attorney in charge of the prosecution informations against over twenty persons are alleged to have been drawn up by attorneys harnes walter l fisher and murry nol son jr and these will be sworn to before a municipal court judge the first of next week barefoot dance is rage society women besiege countess to give them lessons xewtort r 1 aug iv the coun tess de swirsky who came here to present her famous uusso dance in bare feet has taken newport society by storm the result is that society women have already started laking lessons from her it is ex pected that before tue season closes snores of society women will lie doing tht 1 hate foot dance a feature of the dinner dance ot mrs james b haggin f new yc ri to-morrow night will be the dancing of countess de swirsuy browne venire discharged in body relatives of 50 visited and tampering is charged stares amazed when practically entire number admit investigators saw families scandalous says judge â€” â€” aan after man is turned away at tempt at fixing is alleged rhere was a veritable parade of nearly the whole panel when judge kersten directed the venire men summoned for the trial of lee o'neil browne to come forward if their families had een approacned by any one since they received their ummons for jury service sixty-nine men composed the sixth special panel hich appeared in court for the first time yesterday when the judge gave his order for the veniremen whose amilies had been visited to gather at his desk there as a load shuffling of feet among the jurymen and ully fifty of them rose and walked forward the court has the judge stared at the assemblage before him al any talesman been mo g t j n consternation then he began to question approachedt them several times when they told of what had taken place at their homes the judge used such expressions as scandalous relatives of veniremen questioned j tutener of 4533 magnolia avenue was the first man questioned by the judge tutener said two men had gone to his home monday and asked his wife if he belonged to any reform societies or lodges walter e kline of 2152 columbus street said two men visited his father and asked similar questions about him tuesday similar statements were made by hubert a j sist of 4828 langley avenue walter 0 klein of 5813 wabash avenue and charles h peters of 3926 north hermitage avenue the judge questioned the veniremen rapidly william g kohl of 5531 south ada street said an investigator had called on his mother and m j green of 6239 honore street said an investigator had called on his son albert w kreats said that two men called to see him personally at his home 2706 south forty-first court tuesday night judge kersten shook his head and dismissed kreats with a wave of the hand the veniremen previously questioned were relieved from duty so were c m larkin of 906 southport avenue w h hoyt of 7206 ellis avenue henry g bresch of 3352 north halsted street charles m bliss of 4507 south california avenue fred w baker of 116 dearborn street j h luasea of 7137 south halsted street j schwartz and many others all be cause their families had been visited and questioned by strangers attempt at fixing charged an account was given judge kersten of an attempt to fix a venire man named terry who lives in glencoe s &'. gees a former deputy sheriff said he had been approached by a short stout man with that intention a clerk named scott employed in terry's real estate office said he had ordered the short stout man out of the office this is scandalous said judge kersten there are now seven jurors who have been accepted and sworn after judge kersten had sent home all those whose families had been visited he called the attorneys for both sides into his chambers and ex acted pledges that neither side would investigate any more veniremen the work of selecting a jury then went on only those who had nothing to , tell of mysterious visits to their homes being questioned another panel of 100 has been summoned for to-day browne was not admitted to the conference in the judge's chambers and caused some comment by sending for p h o'donnell one of his at torneys when the lawyer came out of the judge's office he and browne held a brief whispered consultation and then he returned neither would say why browne called for the lawyer juror karl byrnes 323 west sixty-first street was excused yesterday on account of the death of his mother which occurred tuesday night his mother died at the county hospital and when word reached the son who had been accepted as a juror that she was abo'ht to die he was taken to the hospital by a bailiff seven jurors accepted and sworn attorneys for both sides said they would be unwilling to accept him even though he attended the funeral accompanied by a bailiff so he was excused when court adjourned at 3:45 o'clock the seven jurors who had been accepted and sworn were arthur j shallbetter forty years old 3314 west ohio street a rail road engineer john j lyng thirty years old 341c north irving avenue a street car conductor thomas j hanion forty-five years old 6534 stew art avenue sales manager for a button company alexander d skinner forty years old 553 east thirty-seventh street an insurance man grant mccutcheon thirty-eight years old 4479 lawrence avenue an adams ex press company employe owen 1 willrams thirty-five years old 7230 south may street employed by the hammond packing company and otto roehm twenty-five years old 64 west ohio street a stenographer several prospective jurors were dismissed yesterday because they said they had formed opinions about the case a few peremptory chal lenges were also used by the state each side has twenty such challenges three venirement were disujialifled because they were unable to meet the educational tests i